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  Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Settled

  by Dogpatch in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  press release 5/10/07.

  http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.

  sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.

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  Circuit Overseer's Callous Remark

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was just thinking about a co's closing remarks one sunday after the watchtower study.

  he stated that he had heard that ray franz was dead.

  he didn't call him by name, of course.

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  JW black-and-white thinking, "us" vs. "them"...dispelled

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just hearing the comments at this week's bookstudy, i marvelled at how black-and-white the typical jw is with regard to "us" vs "them"--with the main "them" being the "churches of christendom".

  this whole mindset, and its ability to promote loyalty and motivation really showcases the power of granfalloon tactics: .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/132810/1.ashx.

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  Is there anything wrong with listening to anything the jw's say????s

  by Lotus65 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was reading some of the articles my mom brought home and gave to me and i was wondering do the jw's have any good ideas on a good way to live your life.

  i mean do they know anything about how to live and what to do when you have problems.

  i was wondering because i want to know if i can follow any of the info in questions young people ask book or are they wrong and every aspect and should i just never read it again.

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  Help. How will the Society respond to the Child Abuse Settlements ???

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  can you add to this list?

  what scriptures will they probably use???.

  expect the following thought stopping replies from the society to the congregations:.

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  For those who've settled on 'no contact' with their JW families . . .

  by Madame Quixote in

  1. social
  2. family

  for whatever reason.

  do you question it sometimes and think you should try to "reach out" to them again?

  i was this morning and then came across the thread above and was reminded why i need to stay away.. but, still, i read threads of people who have managed somehow, despite being d'f'ed or faded or d'aed and think i might try to be more understanding, supportive, reach out or something.. despite all the problems growing up in a fairly dysfunctional family, i still feel a deep attachment to them and hope against hope that they might come to their senses (if they ever had any to begin with) and get help and leave the cult of jehobo; and we might reconcile,etc., etc., blah blah blah dream dream dream.. i deeply wish for them all freedom and happiness and healing and feel so helpless to free them of their bonds and yet see so much possibility for it, if only they could be reached somehow.

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  JW children - conditionally loved?

  by Gregor in

  1. social
  2. family

  when they reach a certain age they are expected to "sign up" (get baptized).

  in many cases if they choose not to their parents essentially "disfellowship" them.

  so a lot of children get baptized under pressure from the parents and when they fail to live the jw life and get df'd the folks are the harshest shunners.

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  In Memorandum

  by RichieRich in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was the 14th of april last year that i had to sit my mother down and tell her i was an apostate.. i was closer to her than anyone else.

  my father and mother are still married, but he let her raise me as a witness, and that meant it was me and mom.. me and mom in field service for 100 hours in july because she had to make her time as a regular pioneer.. me and mom fighting over what to bring for lunch to the district convention.. me and mom up late at night, when she would berate me, and then unload all her problems on to me.. me and mom and our 4 hour family studies, where we discuss 2 paragraphs of a random book, and then she would browbeat me until early in the morning.. somehow, through all that, i pretended to be a witness for years, just to appease her.

  looking back, i don't know if i loved her, or if i was just afraid of her.

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  Raymond Franz is a good man

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have come across some old threads that make various accusations against rayfranz, but i think on the whole he seems a kind and thoughtful person.

  he didn't do everything right, and he is no saint as some make out: his expulsion is a bit flatteringly called a "crisis of conscience", but he came to terms with the disorienting situation well and did a service to all involved with the witnesses by giving us a look behind the curtain.

  some of the things that people hold against him it seems:.

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  JW Wife Tells DFed Husband "You've killed us all."

  by Swan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was posted just minutes ago:.

  http://katu.com/news/story.asp?id=55999.

  katu 2 news - portland, oregon.

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